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Science
Global coral bleaching is largest in history: US officials
Coral bleaching, like the one seen around Lizard Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, occurs when water temperatures are too high. A global coral bleaching event that began last year has quickly become the largest in history, with the area of ​​affected coral reefs continuing to expand, according to a U.S. government agency. “About 77% of the world’s coral reef…
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Biology
Chagos Islands: How to ensure coral reefs are not damaged on return to Mauritius
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Britain has agreed to cede sovereignty over the largely uninhabited Chagos Islands to Mauritius. These islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1965, when they were administratively separated from the then colony of Mauritius. The islands have remained uninhabited since 1973, with the exception of the US military base on Diego Garcia…
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Biology
How diversity in heat tolerance can help protect coral reefs
Adjacent corals at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef show varying degrees of bleaching. Photo by Melissa Nagle New research from Southern Cross University has discovered previously unrecorded diversity in the heat tolerance of corals in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, raising hope that the corals’ own genetic resources may hold the key to helping them recover and adapt. In…
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Environment
A possible explanation for the ‘missing plastic problem’: New detection technique finds microplastics in coral skeletons
Various microplastics collected from corals off the coast of Koh Sichang in the Gulf of Thailand. As can be seen from their color, shape and size, the corals have ingested a variety of microplastics, many of which are thinner than a human hair. Photo courtesy of Kyushu University/Isobe Laboratory Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in corals have discovered…
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